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Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, who is popularly known as Babasaheb Ambedkar,
can rightly be called the father of the Indian Constitution. Ambedkar
was the fourteenth child of his dalit parents who were residents of
Ratnagiri in the State of Maharashtra. Ambedkar’s surname was
Ambavadekar, as his family was from the place Ambavade in Ratnagiri. His
father was in the British army. It was his Brahmin teacher who changed
his name to Ambedkar due to his liking for the pupil. It was also the
surname of the teacher. Since then he was known as Ambedkar. He was
segregated as untouchable and not allowed to sit inside the classroom
alongwith other students. Ambedkar was very intelligent. He was the only
Dalit to be enrolled in Elphinstone High School. His suffering at the
hands of upper caste students and society made him to fight against
untouchability and caste discrimination. In 1935 he was appointed as the
principal of Government Law College, Mumbai. He strongly fought against
the caste system in India and published a book, “Annihilation of caste”
in which he strongly criticized the then existing discrimination in
Indian society. B.R.Ambedkar was the first law minister of independent
India. He wrote India’s first constitution, which envisages safety and
security to Indians, freedom of religion, abolition of untouchability
etc. The constitution was adopted on 26th November by the Constituent
Assembly. He later accepted Buddhism along with his followers. He is
known for his work as a lawyer, economist, politician and professor. He
breathed his last on 6th December 1955. Ambedkar was survived by his
second wife Dr.Savita Ambedkar and son Yashwant Ambedkar. His birthday
is celebrated as Ambedkar Jayanti and is a public holiday. He was
honoured with the greatest civilian award Bharat Ratna posthumously in
1990. His fight for equality in the society, against social injustice,
concerns for the dalit people etc should be lessons of inspiration and
dedication to all the Indians.